Wild need some help?

Good Morning Readers, Well I was watching two games last night the Timberwolves againest the Celtics, and the Wild againest the Red Wings. And one had way better results than the other.

Well the Wild need some help and for the first time this year I think it is time to give up on Dwayne Roloson. He was my favorite Wild player for years with this organization but he is getting old and making horrible decisions in the net. We have a player named Josh Harding sitting in Houston waiting for a call up and he is as good as Dwayne. We need to trade some bit players for some more established players. Players like Kyle Wanzig, Alex Henry, and maybe even Daigle need be traded to get some better upgraded players.

The Wild currently stand 8 points out of the 8th spot in the Western Conference to make the playoffs. This team is a playoff team and Jacque Lemaire is a coach who knows how to win in the playoffs. With that all standing the team needs to get in the playoffs and the only option is to gain fire power and make a push againest Colorado, Edmonton, Anahiem, and the Coyotes. Edmonton holds the 7th spot and needs goaltending to be a big threat. Colorado holds the eighth position and is gaining speed. The bottom line is they better start winning or it's another season of high draft picks.

Other Notes:

On the other hand the Minnesota Timberwolves made a great trade and the real test is on Wednesday againest the Detroit Pistons. Marcus Banks looks good and I think we should trade either Marco Jaric or Troy Hudson to another team for a draft pick or a bit player. We have 12 players and only a few roster spots to give some of our better players more playing time.

The Minnesota Twins have about 20 more days of freedom until they start training camp. Look for pitchers and catchers to report earlier than expected. the World Baseball Classic is only about a month and a half away.

The Warroad Warriors play the Roseau Rams tonight on Fox Sports Net North it's a great highschool rivarly.

Timberwolves split and Ricky Davis looks good

Good Morning Monday Readers, Well I would like to say I like Ricky Davis and what good energy he brings to this team. He slashes and gets to the foul line like a NBA scorer. He is pure energy and he gives better options than Wally-World did.

The Timberwolves played the struggling Houston Rockets on Friday night and Ricky Davis showed us that he is a dink and dunk scorer. He made Kevin Garnett look better and there were more smiles on the fans and players faces when Ricky Davis was on the court. They won the game and Ricky Davis had 20 plus points and played great defense againest Tracy McGrady.

On Saturday Mark Blount played his best NBA game with the Timberwolves againest the San Antonio Spurs. He looks like a NBA center but being a Timberwolves I have not seen an actual NBA center on this team. But the San Antonio Spurs are the champions and came up big in the second half to win.

The Timberwolves play the Boston Celtics tonight this should be a very interesting game and look for one of the players traded to have a big game for there team. Hopefully the Timberwolves get the win but I am kind of speculative.

Other Notes:

The Minnesota Wild lost a heart breaker on Friday night to the Columbus Blue Jackets. With a two goal lead the Wild gave up three undisputed goals to lose to the Blue Jackets. They play the Detroit Red Wings tonight and look for the Wild to play hard and lose.

Later this week more Highschool hockey speculation and NFL coverage.

Timberwolves make a big trade.

Hi Readers well it is a crazy NBA Friday, and the Wolves made a trade. The trade for us includes Wally Szczerbiak, Michael Olowokandi, Dwayne Jones, and a conditional first round pick. The Boston Celtics send us Ricky Davis, Mark Blount, Marcus Banks, Justin Reed, and two conditional second round picks.

Well lets do some trade speculation the Timberwolves have been missing two things in the past five years. The first thing is inside shooting and Ricky Davis and Mark Blount bring this to our team. The other is youth and speed and Ricky Davis and Marcus Banks break out the ball. Wally brought a pure shooter to this team but he isn't consist with his shooting. Michael Olowokandi is a bust pickup and needs to go, and Dwayne Jones was a undrafted free agent that anybody could have had.

The thing that is breaking the deal for me is the First Round draft pick for Justin Reed and two second round draft picks. It doesn't make any sense to give up a soild draft pick for Justin Reed and two draft picks. So in my books this is how it brakes down:

Minnesota Timberwolves Boston Celtics

Wally Szczerbiak ----------------------------> Ricky Davis & Marcus Banks
Michael Olowokandi ------------------------> Mark Blount
Dwayne Jones-----------------------------------> Justin Reed
First Round Pick ------------------------------> Two Second Round Picks

So I think Dwayne Jones and the first round draft pick for Justin Reed and the two conditional second round picks wasn't needed in this trade. Kevin Mchale you are a moron for agreeing on the last stuff have you been in a fantasy league you don't trade away the future.

The Timberwolves play the Houston Rockets tonight look for the new recruits not to play tonight. Look for the Timberwolves to lose tonight with a battered roster, but Rashad McCants should get a big chance tonight. They play the Spurs tomorrow night and look for the new guys to get some looks.

Other Notes:

The Wild are hot and lighting up the Western Conference leader Nashville Predators. They won last night 5-1 againest a pretty soild Nashville squad. They play the Columbus Blue Jackets tonight and look for them to keep rolling. I think they're trying to make a soild run at the playoffs.

Everybody have a good weekend.

Section A Minnesota Highschool Hockey

Earlier this year I wrote an article on section single A hockey we are almost to the finals and I need to look at the choices I made and re-discover my thoughts.

1A Original: I am going to say that one of the Mankato teams are going to win this section . With Mankato East getting the nod over Mankato West. Albert Lea was the section winner last year and there team was week verus a dominate Warroad team, but they looked good againest the range team.

New Outlook: The Mankato teams are not doing as well as planned and it looks like last years winner Albert Lea is going to make a soild run at the section. With a record of 9- 9-0 Albert Lea is not going to make a big splash in the tournament. Also look out for Marshall with a soild record of 13-4-0.

2A Original: Duluth Marshall is going to repeat they only graduated a couple kids and there team was very soild in the tournament. Duluth Denfield might make a play at Duluth with returning there top line and a good goalie but I think Marshall will take this one.

New Outlook: Duluth Marshall is killing there opponents in the section they have to be the favorite in the section with a 15-1-1 record and they have played some tough games and some tough teams.

3A Original: Rochester Lourdes has looked good in past years and has a soild chance this year of returning. St. Thomas was last years mystery team at state you might remember Jordan Schroeder that young freshman. Redwing is returning so good scorers and could come back to the tournament with soild scorers.

New Outlook: Well I told you earlier this year this is a three team race between Red Wing 12-3-2, St. Thomas 11-4-1, and Rochester Lourdes 9-6-2. I think St. Thomas will return to state they have had the stronger schedule and conference.

4A: Little Falls and Fergus Falls have been coming to the tournament for many years this section is the worst section. Alexandria moved down from AA and looks like they might take a run at state. This section is horrible and these schools are going to battle it out for a first round exit.

New Outlook:Well I told you earlier this year this is a three team race between Alexandria 9-10-0, Little Falls 13-3-1, and Fergus Falls 9-4-2. I think Alexandria will make it to state with a tougher schedule.

5A: Blake is going to be the team to beat in this section. This section one of the competitive in the state with Breck and Grace right behind them. Grace went to state last year and lost to Warroad in the finals in overtime one of the best games in state history. St. Louis Park might be the darkhorse in this division and could have a chance to make it.

New Outlook: This is the most competitive section in the state with Blake 9-7-2, Breck 11-6-0, Totino Grace 11-6-0, and St. Louis Park 14-2-1. I like Breck in this section Blake has slowed down and looks like they have troubles this year.

6A: Another section where a AA school moved down and has the chance to go to state. Faribault moved down from AA and looks like the favorite in this section. Orono has been the state leader for many years and will give Faribault a run for his money. Mound went to state last year and they had a late run to make it to state.

New Outlook: It looks like Faribault is going to win this section they have a 12-5-1 record and still have played some big schools on the way. Orono 10-7-1 and Holy Family 10-8-2 might have a chance but look for Faribault to win this section.

7A: Another great three way battle to make it to state Virgina/Iron Mountain/Buhl the state winners last year only lost Niskaneen to UMD but returned most of there team. Hibbing is also a soild team and wants to go back to state. Hermantown is going fast and might have the best chance to upset the two big mining towns.

New Outlook: Well I told you earlier this year this is a three team race between Virgina/Mountain Iron/Buhl 15-3-0, Hibbing 9-8-0, and Hermantown 15-2-0. I think Virgina/Mountain Iron/Buhl will return to state they have had the stronger team than the others.

8A: Warroad lost a lot of talent and is going to have to work hard to win again. They are returning Marvin but they have a new goalie, new defense, and new fowards. Thief River Falls is the favorite but they have a 25 year old curse to break. They have the most talent in the section and should go to state. Lake of the Woods is the dark horse they have Beller back and players that are smart and a good Fort Francis goalie.

New Outlook: Thief River Falls is the favorite to win state at a 12-4-0 and beating Warroad 9-6-2 and East Grand Forks 6-10-1 it looks like the Prowlers will make back to state after 40 years.

So my new picks for Minnesota Boy Hockey section single A:

1. Albert Lea
2. Duluth Marshall
3. St. Thomas Academy
   
4. Alexandria
5. Breck
6. Faribault
7. Virgina/Mountain Iron/Buhl
8. Thief River Falls

What a Wild night

Hi Readers, well hopefully viewers watched the Wild game last night and not the Minnesota Timberwolves game. But before the Wild talk I did get some comments from a reader about my mock draft, I like to thank Mike for his comment and here is an answer to his question:

Mike said...

I'm a sucker for mock drafts. If Greenway or Huff is there that would be nice, but it seems doubtful.

Do you think we'll trade Daunte or not? That will determine a lot of their draft direction. Interesting thoughts. Mike said...

Answer:

The word on the street is the Minnesota Vikings are actively trying to find takers for Daunte Culpepper. Teams in the mix include Arizona, Baltimore, Oakland, and Miami. With all those teams having draft picks higher than us.

Greenway is projected to go 15th in the draft and Huff is slated to go 10th in the draft. It looks like DeAngelo Williams is dropping after a bad senior bowl practice, and the fact he is only 5'8" in height.

Wild Chatter:

I like to say for all of the bad bounces that the Wild have gotten earlier this season they pulled off a gem last night. With Willie Mitchell handcuffed and Zyuzin on the trainers table, and Schultz and Foster in the box Brent Burns stepped in and played soild defense, and Brian Rolston scored shorthanded to give the Wild a much needed victory over the Coyotes.

Keith Ballard played one of his best games of his short lived NHL career. This was a guy who barely made the Coyotes this past fall and has been a gem defensemen on the Coyotes. I went to school with Keith and never thought he would turn out this good. He played wing in highschool and never thought the guy would turn in this good of a defensemen. I like to congrat his game last night and hopefully he has a long NHL career.

Other Minnesota Sports Notes:

The Timberwolves are falling fast out of contention. And the lost last night shows how far away from a championship the Timberwolves are away. Chancey Billups is a great point guard and I knew this guy was good when he was playing for us. Look for the Timberwolves to miss the playoffs and keep there draft pick.

Daunte Culpepper fired his agent yesterday and it sounds like he is going to become his own agent. Look for the Vikings to re-format his contract to get there money back.

Twins fans we got him signed yes!! Nick Punto agreed to a one year contract with the Twins.

Please leave comments, Thanks Mike.

Vikings Mock Draft 1.0

Good Morning readers, I did a mock draft when the Minnesota Vikings were going down on there winning streak today I am going to give my starting mock draft with some players for every round and slowly I will get ride of players until draft day.

1. First Round #17

• Chad Greenway Iowa LB: Not a true MLB but has the senses to play on all linebacker positions. Plays hard great tackler, great speed, and has a real sense for the game. Could be taken between 1st to 15th draft picks.
• Jay Cutler Vanderbilt QB: Has a very strong arm...Good size. Pretty good athlete who can move a little. Will take unnecessary risks and make some bad decisions. Gunslinging mentality can morph into recklessness. Could be taken between 5th and 25th draft picks.
• Michael Huff Texas Safety: Very athletic with excellent speed. A playmaker and ballhawk in the secondary who has a nose for the ball .Has a knack for taking interceptions to the house. May be a bit of a 'tweener who doesn't fit in at either safety or corner at the pro level. Will gamble at times in an effort to come away with a turnover. Could be taken between 5th and 25th draft picks.
• DeAngelo Williams Memphis RB: A natural and instinctive runner. Shows tremendous patience. Is built extremely well and is very strong for his size with a compact frame. Runs low to the ground and rarely lets defenders get a solid shot at him. May have some durability questions after suffering injuries the past two seasons. Could be taken between 5th and 25th draft picks.
• Laurence Maroney Minnesota RB: A big play threat who can take it the distance from any point on the field. Has been extremely productive at the college level. Patient runner with excellent vision and instincts. Doesn't have the size you would like to see in a feature back. Hands are questionable at best and he was not used much as a receiver in college. Could be taken between 10th and 45th draft picks.

2. Second Round #49

• Gerald Riggs Jr. Tennessee RB: A fast complete runner lead Tennessee to a victory over Florida. Downside he broke his ankle a this year and now has been declared injury prone. A second to third round selection.
• Ernie Sims FSU LB: Also not a true MLB but has great speed, and is a great tackler, he does have some off the field issues. Could be taken between 15th and 45th.
• D'Qwell Jackson Maryland LB: A true MLB with speed and good size. Typical Maryland linebacker came from the same system as E.J. Henderson. Could be taken between the 20th and early second round.
• Adul Hodge Iowa LB: This guy is a monster he can play the run and pass. He is a machine smart and can smell out a play. He runs very well, but can be stopped if doesn't play with big linemen. Could be taken between the 10th and 45th picks.
• Brodie Croyle Alabama QB: Croyle enters his senior year at Alabama coming off season-ending knee surgery a year ago. Despite an injury that plagued him in 2003, Croyle set the single-season record for pass attempts (341), was second in completions (182), 2nd in passing yards (2,303) and tied for the single-season passing touchdown mark (16).
• Bernard Pollard Purdue S: A big time big ten safety was a cornerstone for that Purdue defense. Good size and speed and looks like a monster in the back field. Could be taken between 25th and 50th draft picks.
  

3. Third Round and Fourth Round #81and #113

• Jason Allen Tennessee S: His size and speed makes him an intriguing prospect at corner, but he might be more suited for safety.
• Wesley Smith Memphis S: Smith was one of the top stars of last spring and kept it going with a huge season making 98 tackles and picking off three passes. At 6-3, he's a big, fast and dependable defender who should receive some All-Conference USA votes.
• Cody Hodges Texas Tech QB: He has a big arm and a good command of the offense, but he has to prove he can be consistent to hold down the starting job. He's one of the most mobile finishing third on the team with 31 rushing yards on his two carries.
• Mark Setterstrom Minnesota OG: Big time guard for Minnesota has good speed and size needs to work on hand work and had some ankle problems.
• Max Jean-Gilles Georgia OG: A very experienced blocker, Max Jean-Gilles has blocked against the top defenses of the SEC his entire career. Jean-Gilles doesn’t have the best mobility because of his large stature. He needs to react quicker to the play and hold his blocks longer.
• Davin Joseph Oklahoma OG: A very experienced blocker. He needs to react quicker to the play and hold his blocks longer.
• Brett Basanez Northwestern: Every game now, he breaks several NU Career Passing records as he starts his 4th season at QB. Presently holds NU's total passing, and total offense yardage records and is closing in on the most wins by a starting quarterback - with 17, he's 2 short of a tie.
• Dondrial Pinkins South Carolina: Pinkins is a rock of a passer who's hard to bring down and has a big arm with excellentmobility. What he isn't is accurate only completing 50.3% of his throws with ten touchdown passes and nine interceptions

More Draft specualtion coming up hopefully you enjoy my take. Please leave comments.

Timberwolves you are killing me.

Good Morning Monday readers, I watched the whole Timberwolves /76ers game yesterday and I can tell you two things about this team. They play three quarters great and one bad quarter and that quarter is really bad, and if they have a 20 point lead in the game it isn't going to be a blowout at the end I can tell you that.

So this team needs confidence in the fourth quarter with a lead they play soild risk free basketball for two and a half quarters and then play the worst looking basketball I have ever seen in a basketball team. They don't make other players foul them they take poor shots. They don't plan a play for either Wally or K.G. in the key moments of the game. Trenton Hassell was the guy they were planing to make key shots when the game was on the line.

This team needs a good old fashion head chopping session and first on the table should be Kevin Mchale, because he should have pulled the trigger on Baron Davis, and some other players. And on recent news he thinks Mark Blount is the best trade he can get, also he thinks he is the best player in free agency next year? Well back to the game this game should have been a win and Allen Iverson should have not scored 40 points again at Target center. This team needs to rebuild soon, and the person who looses is Kevin Garnett.

More Sports News:

The Minnesota Wild are winning again and they swept the Chicago Blackhawks this weekend. The rumor mill is starting to fly again and the player starting to get some looks is Dwayne Roloson. Teams that are interested in him are Tampa Bay, Colorado, Vancouver, and Edmonton. My hopes they trade him to Tampa bay for one of the talented forwards.

Daunte Culpepper is in trade rumors still the big one going on is to Arizona for there 1st round draft pick and Adrian Wilson SS for Daunte Culpepper and our second round draft pick. I would have to say no in my personal opinion.

Michael Cuddyer avoided arbitration and signed a one year deal with the Minnesota Twins. Baseball is about a month away from spring training look for pitchers and catchers to report in about 20 days and start spring training and the World Baseball Classic.

Later this week I am going to do some Highschool Hockey speculation and maybe some more early draft speculation. Please leave comments.

Daunte Culpepper is making no sense.

Happy Friday Morning, with this morning comes some disturbing news about Daunte Culpepper. Well he denies that he said comments about his salary, and has even has gone as far as saying he might fire his agent.

Can you teach an old dog new tricks? That's the question that Brad Childress has to ask Daunte Culpepper and himself about the West Coast Offense. In my opinion the West Coast Offense fits the less moblie Daunte Culpepper. In the system it is built around the fact that the quarterback stays in the pocket and makes the play like Brett Favre, and Donovan McNabb. The other option that is going wrong is trading Daunte to either the Raiders or the Ravens for a draft pick and some cap space this with give Childress an option to start with his quarterback. Childress and Culpepper talked earlier last week and had a 45 minute conversation over the phone because the two couldn't get schedules to meet? This is one of the most obscure situation's between a head coach and a offensive minded coach I have ever seen.

So what is going to happen? Nobody knows either Daunte Culpepper fires his agent takes a pay cut and stays in Minnesota where he claims he wants to be. Or he messes with the team enough to demand a trade and we get a draft pick or two and some free upped cap space. I think we will keep Daunte Culpepper and he fires his agent and starts being a leader.

More Sports Notes:

The Minnesota Timberwolves play two games this weekend the Indiana Pacers come to town tonight with a winning record. This might be the game that we get to see what talent the Pacers have to trade for. On Sunday the Wolves play the Philadephia 76ers look for the Timberwolves to win one out of two and play two soild games.

The Minnesota Wild play two games againest the Chicago Blackhawks look for the team to win one out of two because when you play the same team twice the better coach will win the second game.

Timberwolves where did we go wrong?

Well it is a straining Thursday in Minnesota Sports land. I watched both games last night, and I will tell you when the Wild looked good the Timberwolves look bad, and when the Timberwolves looked good the Wild looked bad. So it was a night of ups and downs for our local sports teams.

Well I have been pondering the mistakes of this team for weeks now. And it all starts with the 1997 Draft of Wisconsin center Paul Grant he was suppose to be a dominate center, but flopped like most of the Timberwolves draft picks. A year earlier in 1996 the Timberwolves drafted Ray Allen which would be a great pickup for years , but decided to trade him for Stephen Marbury and you know how that went. In 1998 we drafted Radoslav Nesterovic which is still in the league, but isn't the dominate center we thought he was. In 1999 we drafted Wally-World but then also drafted in the first round Will Avery who was suppose to be our point guard of the future. And the icing on the cake on October 25 2001 the Timberwolves lost there 2001, 2002, 2004 NBA Drafts picks because of the secret deal to get Joe Smith. In 2003 they drafted Ndudi Ebi instead of Josh Howard because Mchale thought he had lightning in a bottle. So this team has had almost 10 years of bad draft picks. Next draft the 2006 draft they gave that up to get Marco Jaric for Sam Cassell. So this is why this team can't suceed and you know who gets hurt the most the fans and Kevin Garnett. And the enemy is Kevin McHale and someone needs to tell KG what happened.

On the other end the Minnesota Wild like to keep young players a little to much and don't relay on all-star talent as the Timberwolves. The Wild won last night in convincing fashion againest the Toronto Maple Leafs. Like I said earlier the Maple Leafs only come to excel every three years, and last night was the first time the Wild beat the Leafs. The Leafs are hurt and you could tell that with there lineups they pt out there. I like the victory and am looking forward for those two teams meet. Tie Domi the enforcer for the Leafs didn't take a couple of pleas from the fans to fight Derek Boomgard, which would have been a great fight.

Other Notes:

The Vikings are changing there whole staff and yesterday they let go of Trainer Chuck Barta who has been on the Vikings medical staff for many years. I think Brad Childress is trying to get younger and more coaches for the buck.

Look for the Twins to sign Michael Cuddyer soon instead of arbitration. Kyle Loshe on the other hand is heading to arbitration and is looking for 3.8 million.

Please leave comments.

It's a quiet day in Minnesota Sports.

Well if you a regular to my column you would say he is not posting anything today and you might be right. The only stories I have to tell you is that:

The Minnesota Wild play the Toronto Maple Leafs look for them to bounce back the Maple Leafs are hurt and the Wild will play a hard nose game. There is only three more weeks to the Olympics, and the players are cruising for the time off.

The Minnesota Timberwolves play the Boston Celtics and the matchup tonight is Mark Blount againest our centers if he plays good he might be on the squad in a few weeks. But if he plays bad look for the Timberwolves to get Darius Miles from the Portland Trailblazers.

Kyle Loshe why are you a Twin? He entered in arbitration arguements with the Twins yesterday look for Kyle to make 3.5 million in arbitration. Think that 3.5 million could have been used on Koskie, or Garciaparra instead of our current third baseman.

Everything is quiet in Vikings land there has been speculation that Brad Johnson whats a contract extention and a chance to be the starting quarterback. On other fronts don't be surprised if the Vikings don't take a little peek at Shaun Alexander in the off season he doesn't fit Childress system but Zygi wants a new stadium and big time players can get stadiums built.

That's all I got lots of games to watch tonight. Please leave comments.

Minnesota Wild why do you go up and down??

Well I been away a long time, and I celebrated my 24 birthday so I have been not writing for a few days. With all the days I was off we found out a couple things about our favorite sports teams the Minnesota Wild are going down on a low, but your Minnesota Timberwolves are going up on a high. The Minnesota Wild played the Ottawa Senators last night and I can tell you one thing the Senators are the team to beat in the East hands down.

The Minnesota Wild looked slow last night and when Roloson plays you know that the Wild are not going to play stellar defense. This team plays a system of trap which the players are in certain position to play defense and get the puck. Most other teams play a more hard-hitting squeeze type of game, but the wild with faster players play a trap type of game that doesn't work with physical teams such as the Dallas Stars and Ottawa Senators.

Well with Bad comes some good the Wild have come up in trade talks to get Brad Richards from the Tampa Bay Lightning. The Wild has young cheap talent that the Lightning want and also with two above average goalies this looks like a trade in the making. Brad Richards is 25 years old and has been a high scoring forward for many years with the Lightning. The Wild play the Toronto Maple Leafs on Wednesday look for them to rebound againest the Leafs, this is going to be a good game to watch and with the new schedule the Leafs won't be back for 4 years.


Other Notes:

The Minnesota Timberwolves are heating up with three wins in row againest Chicago, Denver, and the New York Knicks. Look for the Timberwolves to keep winning againest the Boston Celtics. Michael Olowokandi looks like he is going to be traded look for a trade with the Portland Trailblazers and Darius Miles, or maybe a trade to Boston Celtics with Michael Blount. Other teams in the mix are the Atlanta Hawks, and the Seattle Supersonics. And don't count out the Indiana Pacers.

The Minnesota Vikings have a pretty good coaching staff so far but are still looking for a special teams coordinator, sources say that they are interviewing a playoffs special teams coach for that position. They also looking for a linebackers coach and some other administrator positions, but all in all it is looking pretty good.

Timberwolves need alot of help.

Well the Timberwolves need some help, please trade some players Glen Taylor. This might be a sin againest everything that is holy in Minnesota, but maybe Kevin Garnett should be traded. Think how many picks and players we could get for him and we could rebuild around new players. The Timberwolves need more help than any other team in the league they have no draft picks, and signed the wrong talent to long term contracts. They have no talent scouts and haven't had a real draft pick work out since Wally-World.

The whole team needs to change and Kevin Mchale needs to go from his GM role. Players that need to go include: Michael Olowokandi, Troy Hudson, Trenton Hassell, and Rashad McCants. All of these players are being paid to much and are not needed. Troy Hudson gets paid to much and Kandi-man. Trenton Hassell is a great defense mind but he can't score. And Rashad McCants can't play defense and has a attitude. The team needs to overhauled n the offseason and with no draft pick the Wolves are in hard-times and with this team it is going to last a long time with Mchale in head chair.

They play the Chicago Bulls tonight they haven't been playing as good as lately and need a good showing from a bench player to win. This is the fork in the road and the Timberwolves need to start winning or losing to make the playoffs or keep that draft pick. So look for them to start winning or tanking.

Other Notes:

The Minnesota Vikings have contacted Darrell Bevell the quarterbacks coach for the Green Bay Packers for there offensive coordinator. Look for the Vikings to sign this guy soon and make him the offensive coordinator, but Brad Childress is going to call the plays and Darrell Bevell is going to work with the offense players.

The Roseau Rams play the Warroad Warriors on FSN( FOX SPORTS NORTH) tomorrow night. Look for a hard hitting game with the score being close. This is one of the greatest rivalaries in state and should be a very good game.

Tomlin new defensive coordinator???

Well I was thinking that this guy would make a good defensive coordinator and today they should make the annoucement that Mike Tomlin the Tampa Bay Defensive backs coach will be the new Defensive Coordinator of your Minnesota Vikings.

All reports said that Ziggy Wilf has sent his personal airplane to Tampa Bay to pick up Mike Tomlin, and bring him up to Minnesota to get a deal done. So what do i think I like being first in choosing candiates. He is young and many experts say that Mike Tomlin is a defensive innovator. He went to college with current Minnesota Viking Darren Sharper at William and Mary, and has been in charge of Ronde Barber, Brian Kelly and the potent Tampa Bay Pass defense for 5 years. This guy is going to be good and will be with the Purple for many years.

So the Coaches are starting to lineup so lets look at whats left:

Offensive Coordinators:

Darrell Bevell Quarterbacks Coach Packers
Pat Shurmur Quarterbacks Coach Eagles

Offensive Lineman Coach:

Jim Hueber Offensive Line Coach Wisconsin Badgers
Pat Morris Former Offensive Line Coach Lions

Sounds like it will be both working with the line.

Linebackers Coach:

Pete Bercich Vikings Current Linebacker Coach
Kevin Cosgrove Defensive Coordinator University of Nebraska

Running Backs Coach:

Eric Bieniemy running backs coach UCLA
Ted Williams running Backs coach Eagles
Brian White Co-Offensive Coordinator and Running Backs Wisconsin Badgers

Special Teams Coach

Brian Murphy Special Teams Coach Wisconsin Badgers
Chris Walsh Former Assitant Special Teams Coach Vikings
Ted Daisher Special Teams Assitant Eagles

Other Sports Notes:

The Minnesota Wild played the Dallas Stars last night and it was the night of bad bounces for the Wild. They got a soft goal in the first period by Randy Robatille. But after that the Dallas Stars scored two soft goals to win the game last night. It was a hard game to watch because they came out hard and lost on two bad goals.

The Minnesota Timberwolves play the Bucks tonight and really need to win over them to keep up in the Northwest Division. The Ron Artest deal is dead in the water and looks like the team is going to be playing with what they have on the bench and on the court.

The Minnesota Twins have signed Darrell May to a minor league contract you might remember Darrell May from his Kansas City days when he was beating the Twins.

Childress wants his own staff.

Good Morning well it's been a very dramatic weekend of sports up and downs. Brad Childress decided to clean house this weekend by letting go of Wes Chandler (receivers), Dean Dalton (running backs), Mark Ellis (assistant strength and conditioning), Rich Olson (quarterbacks), Jim Panagos (assistant defensive line and special teams), Kevin Ross (assistant secondary), John Tice (tight ends, assistant offensive line) and Rusty Tillman (special teams), and also well known Defensive Coordinator Ted Cottrell.

So with all those cuts who is left coverage coordinator Chuck Knox Jr., offensive assistant/assistant quarterbacks coach Randy Hanson, strength and conditioning coach Kurtis Shultz, offensive quality control coach Todd Downing and Sid Pillai, who is the Vikings' coaches support administrator.

So lets talk about replacements:

Defensive Coordinators:

Mike Tomlin Defensive Backs Coach Tampa Bay
Steve Spagnuolo Linebackers Coach Eagles
Mike Singletory Linebackers Coach 49ers

Offensive Coordinators:

Darrell Bevell Quarterbacks Coach Packers
Pat Shurmur Quarterbacks Coach Eagles

Offensive Lineman Coach:

Jim Hueber Offensive Line Coach Wisconsin Badgers
Pat Morris Former Offensive Line Coach Lions

Linebackers Coach:

Pete Bercich Vikings Current Linebacker Coach
Kevin Cosgrove Defensive Coordinator University of Nebraska

Running Backs Coach:

Eric Bieniemy running backs coach UCLA
Ted Williams running Backs coach Eagles
Brian White Co-Offensive Coordinator and Running Backs Wisconsin Badgers

Special Teams Coach:

Brian Murphy Special Teams Coach Wisconsin Badgers
Chris Walsh Former Assitant Special Teams Coach Vikings
Ted Daisher Special Teams Assitant Eagles

Other Sports Notes:

The Minnesota Timberwolves lost both of there games this weekend and need a change to keep going. They play Milwakee and Chicago on Tuesday and Wedensday and need a win on both nights to keep going.

The Wild won on Saturday and are one of the hottest teams in the league. They play the Dallas Stars tonight it is always a great game to watch to see if the old team can beat the newone.

The Minnesota Twins failed to get Corey Koskie so the Milwakee Brewers decided to pick up his large salary hopefully when we play them in July in will be on IR for the rest of the season.

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Childress is the Vikings new coach.

Welcome to the Vikings Brad Childress. Well it only took a week to can Mike Tice and hire Eagles Offensive Coordinator Brad Childress. I am listening to the press conference right now and the guy likes his players and all reports is that his past players loved him. I personal like the hire Mike Tice was a nice guy who was hard to get rid of, because people liked him.

So Ted Contrell and Steve Loney will probably won't be back as coordinators and I say the coordinators have under performed. I think when you have top talent and not making the players it is the coaches that need to be changed. We lost many away games and this is coaches problems making bad decisions getting players prepared. I like the hire he comes from two organiziations the Philadephia Eagles and Wisconsin Badgers where he comes from winning teams.

The time table looks like a couple weeks to pick new coordinators. So be prepared to know new coaches and players. Remember with Brad Childress this is the guy who made Donovan McNabb good and had to deal with a player like Terrell Owens so he is prepared to put down his foot.

Other Sports Notes:

The Minnesota Timberwolves play the defeding champions Spurs tonight and look are very hard road trip with the Spurs tonight and the Dallas Mavericks on Sunday. Look for the Timberwolves to win one of two here, but don't get your hopes up because they are probably going to loose both games.

The Wild lost last night to Colorado the team got behind fast and could not keep up. They play the Mighty Ducks on Saturday and look for the Wild to rebound and keep playing well at home on one of the longest home stints of the season.

The Minnesota Twins have sent out there invites to spring training and the players are:

Glen Perkins LHP
Gabe White LHP
Denny Reyes LHP
Kyle Geiger C
Kyle Phillips C
Shawn Wooten C
Jason Hart INF
Luis Maza INF
Tommy Watkins INF
Glenn Williams INF
Josh Rabe OF
Denard Span OF
Andres Torres OF
Jason Tyner OF
Ricky Barrett RHP

Timberwolves Win but is it enough?

Good Morning viewers. Well I know most of you guys and gals were watching the national championship but the Timberwolves played last night, and played good.

The Timberwolves beat the Dallas Mavericks last night in good fashion. So what is up with this team they win the games you think they will lose and lose the games they should win. So lets take a look at this team you have the leader Kevin Garnett a soild shooter and plays soild defense and is our number one option. Wally World is our second best shooter and scorer and plays below average defense. Our third option is Marco Jaric and he has been streaky in shooting, and plays good defense. The other players for fourth and fifth options are Eddie Griffin, Trenton Hassell, and Troy Hudson. The rest of the team is full of streaky either good offense bad defense players or good defense bad offense players.

So do I think they will make the playoffs? I will have to say yes because the West division is weak this year and eight teams make the playoffs. Do we have enough talent to make it far in the playoffs? No, we need a third option to be a real threat in the playoffs. So please Timberwolves management trade for a third option or start using Rashad McCants more or we won't make it far in the playoffs.

Vikings Coaching Options Updated:

Brad Childress Offensive Coordinator Eagles 24 %
Al Saunders Offensive Coordinator Chiefs 13 %
Ted Contrell Defensive Coordinator Vikings 12 %
Kurt Ferentz Head Coach Iowa Hawkeyes 10 %
Tim Lewis Defensive Coordinator Giants 6 %
Jim Fassel Offensive Coordinator Ravens 5 %
Mike Sherman Ex-Head Coach Packers 5 %
Jim Haslett Ex-Head Coach Saints 5 %
Scott Linehan Offensive Coordinator Dolphins 5%
Gary Kubiak Offensive Coordinator Broncos 5%
Ron Rivera Defensive Coordinator Bears 5 %
Jerry Gray Defensive Coordinator Bills 5 %

Wild notes:

The Wild play Colorado tonight at the Xcel Energy Center tonight. The Wild are playing the best hockey of the season right now and need to win tonight to cut the Northwest lead to 8 games. There is no All-Star game this year and Manny should be very upset about this because he is having a outstanding year. So are Brian Rolston, Marion Gabroik, and Todd White.

Twins Notes:

Corey Koskie had a chance to come back as a Twin but the owners agreed not to bring him back. I like Corey Koskie being half Canadian myself but he is injury prone and signed a giant contract that would kill the Twins cap.

Wild Win againest the Red Wings!

Well it's a mild winter day in the Twin Cities. I watched the wild game last night and saw a fast paced game with many shots and soild defense. So the Wild are 8 points out of making a playoff spot. I like how the team is playing and the Coyotes, Sharks, Colorado are in our way. The Wild went up two goals quick on the Red Wings and after that just sat back and put the cruise on. I like our chances of making the playoffs.

So the question is do we trade Dwayne Roloson to another team for some more offensive talent he is a unresticted free agent after this year. He is 35 years old and has been a staple of this team since the team started. I think we roll the ball and trade Roloson to a team like the Kings and get one of there talented forwards. I think another quality forward would be worth trading Roloson away, or you can keep him and hopefully you make a big playoff push.

Vikings Notes:

Well yesterday I gave you some coaching prospects I need to update my personal records:

Brad Childress Offensive Coordinator Eagles 19 %
Kurt Ferentz Head Coach Iowa Hawkeyes 15 %
Al Saunders Offensive Coordinator Chiefs 10 %
Jim Fassel Offensive Coordinator Ravens 8 %
Mike Sherman Ex-Head Coach Packers 8 %
Jim Haslett Ex-Head Coach Saints 7 %
Ted Contrell Defensive Coordinator Vikings 7 %
Tim Lewis Defensive Coordinator Giants 6 %
Scott Linehan Offensive Coordinator Dolphins 5%
Gary Kubiak Offensive Coordinator Broncos 5%
Ron Rivera Defensive Coordinator Bears 5 %
Jerry Gray Defensive Coordinator Bills 5 %


Timberwolves Notes:
The Timberwolves play the Dallas Mavericks and really need to win and keep on winning. Like I said earlier the Timberwolves have some hard games coming up and need to win some games to keep at .500. The Ron Artest front has been very very slow I thought this deal was going to go on, but now I think it might be another week or two.

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Tice out who will be next?

Good Morning readers, I know I have been gone for the Holidays but it was pretty slow sports news until Mike Tice got fired. Mike Tice I liked you as an offensive line coach but you had real issues as a head coach. I still thought they would keep him as a head coach, with 9 other teams looking for coaching. Reasons why Tice got fired:

Love Boat Scandel
Scalping Tickets
Missing the playoffs in Arizona scandel
Having a pitiful 6-10 season in first year
Losing in Washington and almost missing the playoffs

So with all them reasons and only making the playoffs two times in four years. I like to say that it has been a rollercoaster ride with you Mike Tice I will miss your antics. So what coaches are out there I have been looking up new coaches and the canidates are:

Brad Childress Offensive Coordinator Eagles 19 %
Gregg Williams Defensive Coordinator Redskins 15 %
Kurt Frintz Head Coach Iowa Hawkeyes 10 %
Scott Linehan Offensive Coordinator Dolphins 10 %
Jim Haslett Ex-Head Coach Saints 8 %
Jim Fassel Offensive Coordinator Ravens 8 %
Mike Sherman Ex-Head Coach Packers 7 %
Ted Contrell Defensive Coordinator Vikings 7 %
Tim Lewis Defensive Coordinator Giants 6 %
Ron Rivera Defensive Coordinator Bears 5 %
Mike Martz Ex-Head Coach Rams 5 %

Other Notes:

The Wild play the Detroit Red Wings and have been playing better of lately and and have a .500 record. I like that the Wild are playing hard, but I don't think the Wild will make the playoffs.

The Timberwolves play the Dallas Mavericks tomorrow and have been playing poorly of lately they need to pull the trigger on the Ron Artest deal and have him be the number 3 scoring threat. Players that might be included in the trade: Eddie Griffin, Rashad McCants, Trenton Hassell, and Michael Candy-man.


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